Charging cable identification problem

Hi,
I found the iPad charging very slowly lately.  It seemed that the kids have been messing around with all the chargers and cables we have around (7 in total).
Now I found out that the iPad needs its own charger and cable due to power consumption.
Now I found the charger by looking at the output (10W), but how to find/identify the right (original iPad) cable to get the iPad to charge high power as normal.
At least I guess it also needs its own original cable?
There is no way I can tell which cable is which?
I assume at least that the cable when plugged into the iPad identifies it self as being for iPad and high power consumption.
The iPad itself displays nothing, only if it wil or will not be charged, but not if it runs on low charge or high power charge.
Any help, ideas how to solve this and find the right cable?
Thanks in advance Hans.

The cables are the same and should be inter-changeable (unless you have any old firewire cables) - I use an old iPod cable to charge or sync my iPad, iPhone and iPod. It is only the charger itself that matters.
You can safely use the iPad charger with iPods and iPhones : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4327

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